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Mermaids, mermen & alchemical mysteries from the "Clavis Artis" held in Trieste's Biblioteca Civica Attilio Hortis & published in Germany in the late 17thc. The manuscript's title page claims it's a translation of Zoroaster written on dragon skin in the 13thc

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2022-02-23

19 February 1643 Parliamentarian forces took control of the county town of

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2022-02-19

For the 15th of February, our is 'The Judgment of Paris', c. 1690, by Ludovico Antonio David.
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota.

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2022-02-15

A devoted and loving relationship was that of Oliver and Elizabeth Cromwell, married in 1620 and resulting in 9 children. The couple's few surviving letters are very tender, part of a close-knit family... Portaits in our collection 1/2

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2022-02-12

For the 5th of February, our is 'Gerbil', c. 1600, by Jacopo Ligozzi. (Rather fitting as we adopted two of these cuties last night).

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2022-02-05

For the 4th of February, our is 'Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan, Cupid and Apollo', 1600, by Hendrik de Clerck.
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida.

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2022-02-04

20 January 1649 the trial of Charles I began in Westminster Hall. The session was suspended after Charles refused to accept the authority of the court.

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2022-01-20

'La Fl. Would you prevent me from cursing misers?
Har. No; but I will prevent you from prating and from being insolent. Hold your tongue, will you?
La Fl. I name nobody.
Har. Another word, and I'll thrash you.'
Moliere, The Miser.

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2022-01-15

For the 14th of January, our is 'Two Ladies of the Lake Family', c.1660, by Sir Peter Lely. Tate.

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2022-01-14

Bluebeard’s secret, locked chamber is burned in fairy-tale memory. Perrault’s French, 17thc version is the tale we know. It haunts us: his murdered wives stowed away & hidden in that secret room, the bloody key -the symbolism & histories are rich. (See below 🗝)

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2022-01-12

7 January 1645 the House of Lords raised objections to the disqualification of peers for military command under the Self-Denying Ordinance. Given it was designed to remove those of them who had not been 100% competent, that was not coincidental...😉

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2022-01-07

For the 7th of January, our is Laocoön, made 1610-1614, by El Greco. National Gallery of Art.

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2022-01-07

Gerrit and Cornelis Schellinger as children c. 1675-85 by the exquisitely talented Gesina Ter Borch (Rijksmuseum)

She is one of my favourite artists of the 17thC - transports you right there.

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2022-01-01

28 Dec 1636: Wenceslaus Hollar arrives in beginning a long & flourishing career which has determined quite a bit of our visual vocabulary of 17thC and

(BM/Folger)

Some of his female figures here, along with a depiction of him

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2021-12-28

Want to read a book with plenty of snow?
Go to the Frost Fair on the Frozen Thames?
Now is the time! Join sisters Ella and Sadie on their great adventure in London.

https://t.co/w7B2iF03jR

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2021-12-22

🎄❄️Hear ye! 'Tis time for Day 17 of The Seventeenth Century Lady's Today, we have this beloved work by Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals: 'The Laughing Cavalier', 1624.
The Wallace Collection, London. 🎄❄️

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2021-12-17

3 December 1642 The Earl of Newcastle entered securing it for King Charles I. It would remain a Royalist stronghold for the next two years.

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2021-12-03

25 November 1644 Oliver Cromwell denounced the Earl of Manchester's leadership of the Eastern Association army in Parliament. The ensuing debates led to reforms in Parliament’s armies and increased professionalisation of its officers.

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2021-11-25

In early books, endpapers were used to protect the text from the boards and to counteract the pull of the cover. Early ones were often made from plain or waste paper and more decorative papers where used from the 17thC on. 

Activity Page https://t.co/xSCAZF9xJK

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2021-11-21